Rockpalast is a live album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, named after the eponymous music festival and TV show, it was recorded at on 19 November 2005 at the Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany. It was also filmed for a Rockpalast TV special, but not all songs made the broadcast. It is only available to download on the band's official website, and cannot be purchased in stores. The performance relies almost entirely on Deadwing and In Absentia material, with only one older song making the set list. The performances of "Futile" and "Radioactive Toy" were later included as bonus material on the Arriving Somewhere... DVD.
| Rockpalast | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | July 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 19 November 2005 | |||
| Venue | Live Music Hall (Cologne, Germany) | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 97:25 | |||
| Label | Transmission | |||
| Producer | Steven Wilson | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | 2:45 | ||
| 2. | "Open Car" | Steven Wilson | Deadwing (2005) | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Blackest Eyes" | Wilson | In Absentia (2002) | 5:37 |
| 4. | "Lazarus" | Wilson | Deadwing | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Futile" | Gavin Harrison, Wilson | In Absentia bonus track | 6:29 |
| 6. | "Mellotron Scratch" | Wilson | Deadwing | 7:23 |
| 7. | "Mother and Child Divided" | Harrison, Wilson | Deadwing bonus track | 5:23 |
| 8. | ".3" | Wilson | In Absentia | 6:22 |
| 9. | "So Called Friend" | Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Harrison, Wilson | "Lazarus" b-side (2005) | 5:13 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" | Wilson | Deadwing | 12:46 |
| 2. | "The Sound of Muzak" | Wilson | In Absentia | 5:11 |
| 3. | "Start of Something Beautiful" | Harrison, Wilson | Deadwing | 7:27 |
| 4. | "Halo" | Barbieri, Edwin, Harrison, Wilson | Deadwing | 8:36 |
| 5. | "Radioactive Toy" | Wilson | On the Sunday of Life (1992) | 7:48 |
| 6. | "Trains" | Wilson | In Absentia | 7:18 |
Personnel
edit- Steven Wilson – vocals, guitar, remixing
- Colin Edwin – bass guitar
- Richard Barbieri – synthesizers
- Gavin Harrison – drums
- John Wesley – backing vocals, guitar
- Reiner Kühl – live sound engineer
- Erik Nacken – producer
- Peter Sommer – executive producer
- Lasse Hoile – cover artist
- Carl Glover – designer